[WiL e-updates] Wil e-update 8th December 2007 - (6 Dec Montreal Massacre + 10 Dec Human Rights Day)

[WiL Updates]

8th December 2007


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6th December - Anniversary of the Montréal Massacre
* On the evening of 6 December 1989, fourteen women in Canada lost
their lives because one young man wanted to tell the world, 'I hate
feminists' http://www.quicktopic.com/19/H/nV4WDtdd6iMqf/m2842
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10th December - Human Rights Day
* 2007 Theme: Dignity and Justice for All of Us
http://www.un.org/events/humanrights/2007/theme.shtml
* And the end of the 16 Days of Activism Against Violence Against
Women
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Information added to women in london 6th and 7th December 2007
* Index of links to new entries: http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk

Notices and Press Releases:
* Statement on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence
Against Women and the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence :
WILPF
* 'Takes back the tech' : GLDVP
* Comments on the Government's announcements on women offenders :
Fawcett
* Responds to Different Women report on ethnic minority women leaders
: Fawcett

Forthcoming Events:
* Film "Not for Sale" and seasonal celebration : WDS (with LFN)
* First London Activist Meeting : Object

Courses and Training:
* New Year New You! New Beginnings + Beginners' IT : Hillcroft

Vacancies:
* Voluntary Office Administrator : WILPF
* Administration and Reception : London Irish Women's Centre
* (re-advertised vacancy with increased salary)
* Administrative Assistant / Receptionist (p/t) : Women's Library
* Fund Raising Manager : Women's Library

Women's Networks details added for:
* E.A.S.E. (Ease Anglia Survivors Enterprise)
* POWER Camp National / Filles d'action
* Women Organising in Wolverhampton (WOW)

Public Notice Board
* Index of December Notices created

WiL Calendars
* Women's Events
* Women's Funding and Consultation Deadlines
* Women's Training and Courses Dates
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New on Public Notice Board
http://www.quicktopic.com/19/H/nV4WDtdd6iMqf

* Integration Of Gender Into The Human Rights Council
* New police chief pledges action on domestic abuse Strathclyde
* National consultation for anti-trafficking advocates
* Feminist reflections on gender violence, political power and women's
emancipation - From Rhodesia to present day Zimbabwe!
* ANC Women's League has failed every woman who dreams of more
* "Massive and Systematic" Abuse of Women
* Miss World deserves our protest
* Safety First - petition to decriminalise sex work and prioritise
safety
* Women NGOs in India deplore muted reaction to attack on women
* Secularism And Sexism
* STOP THE DEPORTATION OF ZARINE RENTIA
* WOMEN CLIMATE ACTIVISTS BLOCKADE THE DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORT
* "Sharking" using the same techniques of 'happy-slapping', 'sharking'
involves publically humiliating a woman by exposing her private areas
in public and filming her disgrace on a mobile phone
* What is the White Ribbon Campaign (WRC)?
* 6th December - Anniversary of the Montreal Massacre when 14 women
lost their lives because a man wanted to tell the world 'I hate
feminists'
* Different Women, Different Places is a groundbreaking report, the
first of its kind to focus on successful black and minority ethnic
(BME) women in the workplace
* Colchester Rape Crisis Line - a Guardian Charity Awards 2007 Winner
* The Government's Response to the Report by Baroness Corston of a
Review of Women with Particular Vulnerabilities in the Criminal
Justice System
* INSTRAW News - e-letter November 2007 - extracts:
* End Violence Against Women: Intern recruitment
* Exploring Masculinities: Men come forth to end violence against
women
* Reproductive and Sexual Health is the Key to Defeating HIV
* Volunteering opportunity with KRWO
* Amnesty Urgent Action: Saudi Arabia Rape Victim
* Musician against domestic and sexual violence - downloading the
single gives money to Tender
* Stop rape - it could be your mother, your daughter, your sister,
your niece. Anti rape campaign Liberia
* Artists throw lifeline to rape crisis centre - Belfast
* End Violence Against Women: Online Petition
* Why some messages have been deleted from public notice board
* National Muslim Women's Advisory Group

Index to Dec notices at
http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk/public/pub-0712.htm

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New on Women's Training and Funding (WiLT)
http://www.freecharity.org.uk/~womeninlondon/

* Free Management Training for Women
* Free 'Introduction to Media' - Improving Reach training for Black
and Minority Ethnic (BME), Faith, Migrant and / or Refugee, Isolated
Rural groups (Bristol and London)
* How the 2012 Olympics continue to eat into the sector's lottery
funding

Or subscribe to e-group at
http://freecharity.org.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/womeninlondontraining
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* The next e-update will be sent round by Tuesday 18th December 2007
* The first e-update in January 2008 will be in the week beginning 7th
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Thanks - Deborah at women in london
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